Alex Argyros
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Maybe not getting the email blast about the LAP packets coming is actually a sign of favor with the river gods. I just got my packet. Thanks everyone.
BTW, I notice that Maricopa is now Horseshoe Riverside Lodge. Sounds stodgier, but I suppose more appropriate.
I don’t think that using a tandem rig vs. using tags determines where in the water column your flies drift. I think that placement of weight does. For example, you could use a tandem rig with a split shot close to your point fly and a second fly twenty inches above that. In that case, the point fly would drift near the bottom and the top fly considerably above that.
But, to answer your question, I’ve become very fond of a dropshot rig of late. I typically use two dropper tags above my weight, ensuring that my flies drift at different depths. There’s lots of good information on dropshot nymphing out there, but my favorite is a video by Dave Rothrock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgYtC__K8DE.
Alex
When I signed up, I wasn’t asked for a TU member ID, but I did get an email confirmation not long after I renewed.
Thanks, Jimbo. I just renewed.
Alex
But I’d like to do it through GRTU.
Just got the email from Dustin. However, there’s no Senior option as a membership type. What should I do? I don’t mind paying a regular membership price; I just don’t want TU to be confused.
And, btw, thanks to all for making this happen.
It was great being out there with you and JC. You were an incredible student, picking up Euro fishing in no time flat. And JC was a wonderful teacher, informative and patient. For my part, I was comic relief (maybe).
Looking forward to the next installment.
Alex
Jimbo,
I agree with most of what you say. However, there are things we can do to prevent systemic favoritism in our registration process.
First, and this is obvious, we have to handle technology better. I sat in front of my computer for five hours this morning because the system crashed. Please, no excuses. This shouldn’t have happened.
Second, with the greater demand for LAP memberships that we are now facing, registering online favors the retired (myself included), the wealthy, the unemployed, and those whose jobs are flexible enough that they can take the time required to get a membership. But, those who are screwed are working people, especially working people who can’t man their computers during a working day. For example, last year, when I was teaching middle school, there is no way I could have sat at my computer for five hours like I did today. And there would be no way that I could have excused myself from the classroom on a Tuesday in the middle of the school day. So, the board can do at least this: make registration during a day when most people don’t work. That could be a holiday, or a Sunday. Or, at the very least, during a weekday evening. But to move registration to the middle of a working day (noon on a Tuesday) does give one group of people priority over another, among whom, apparently, is one tireless defender of the river named Jimbo Roberts, and that is not fair.
Alex
When I mess up, my initial impulse is to blame someone or something. For example, it wasn’t my fault that my printer crashed, so how could I have submitted the paper on time. After that, I’m tempted to be angry at the people who have the courage to be honest with me, telling them to chill. What I find most difficult is to simply accept responsibility for what went wrong. I find it especially hard to understand that the people who aggressively point out my shortcomings are actually doing me a favor. This is very hard for me.
Sadly, it seem that even emails can’t be sent competently.
I never got the email, but other members did: registration has been postponed until next Tuesday at noon.
Excellent suggestions, JC. In addition to Modern Nymphing, you might want to look a series of videos by George Daniel (posted on livinonthefly.com.).
I would love to join the party. And, being the youngster the I am, I am still quite flexible. The crack of dawn is my favorite time to fish, but I can bend.
Alex
I know what you man about all the fish we catch while Euro nymphing. Sometimes my arm gets tired from hauling them in, so I switch to indicator fishing to give myself a rest.
Alex
Ron,
Euro rods are built differently from traditional rods. A typical 3wt. Euro rod has a 3wt. tip but something like a 5 wt. butt. Ditto for the 2 wts. It is rather easy to bring in trout very quickly with these rods, all the while protecting thin tippets.
Alex
P.S. Another entry-level choice, and a rod that I own, and fish a lot, is an Orvis Clearwater 10′ 3wt. It was designed for Euro nymphing and does a fine job.
Jimbo,
I assume that you don’t mean “Czech” nymphing (which is a style all its own), but Euro nymphing. Perhaps the best person to ask about it is JC, who is superb Euro nympher.
He and I both fish T & T Contact rods. Mine is a 1st generation 10′ 8″ 3 wt. His is a T & T 2, 10′ 2wt. When I fish that way, I usually use what Devin Olsen calls a “micro leader.” Essentially, it is about twenty feet long including tippet. The leader itself is just sighter material (3 or 4x). For added visual help, I’ve begun using either colored wax or paint. A rig like this sounds hard to cast, but it’s not really that bad if you use one or two tungsten beadhead flies.
Having said that, I’ve been fishing more and more with a drop shot rig (mostly with, but also without, an indicator). For this application, my “line” is about 15′ of twelve pound Amnesia, then about two feet of 10 lb. green Amnesia, then a tippet ring, and a tippet of about 8 ft. I fish with two unweighted flies, both on dropper tags with my weight about 10″ below my lower fly. I don’t find that I spook fish all that much by doing two things: 1. Casting upstream as much as possible and 2. Keeping the indicator far away from my flies (i.e., at least 6 ft.). If the water is really low and/or clear, a white balloon or Dorsey yarn indicator really helps in achieving a stealthy cast.
With a micro leader you can fish at distance, although the stroke takes a bit of practice. Again, JC is really good at this. With the drop shot method it’s easy to fish far away from the fish. I should add that when fish are finicky, I use very fine tippet with both methods.
In terms of video help, there are lots of excellent youtube videos out there. My favorites are those by Devin Olsen, Howard Croston, George Daniel, and Lance Egan. You might also look at some excellent stuff posted by Old Dominion Trout Bum.
Alex
